The new knowledge could lead to the use by CBI of renewable microbes and plant cells from poplar trees and switchgrass (two non-edible plants that grow fast) for demonstrating the scaled-up industrial ...

CHICAGO, Nov 8 (Reuters) - A single infusion of CRISPR Therapeutics' (CRSP.BN), opens new tab experimental gene therapy was safe and reduced levels of harmful LDL cholesterol and triglycerides by half ...

Northwestern scientists have developed a new nanostructure that supercharges CRISPR’s ability to safely and efficiently enter cells, potentially unlocking its full power to treat genetic diseases. By ...

Cutting-edge gene editing technology could eradicate Down syndrome, according to Japanese scientists. Down syndrome, which causes a range of developmental differences and affects 1 in 700 newborns in ...

May 12 (Reuters) - The University of California and the University of Vienna on Monday convinced a U.S. appeals court to revive their bid for patent rights to groundbreaking CRISPR gene-editing ...

Advances in the gene-editing technology known as CRISPR-Cas9 over the past 15 years have yielded important new insights into the roles that specific genes play in many diseases. But to date this ...

Gene editing techniques may eventually allow trisomy to be treated at the cellular level, according to an in vitro proof-of-concept study. Down syndrome is caused by the presence of a third copy of ...

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